The simultaneous presence of two distinct yet intertwined faiths struck me with a profound sense of unity that I had never truly grasped before.

Charlaque lived through perhaps one of the most horrific periods in world history as a Jew AND as a transgender woman, AND she survived.

Attending my friend’s club truly opened my eyes to the horrific reality that is day-to-day life for many Turkish women.

Jewish women, like Patricia Barr and Rose Kushner, fought so people like my grandmother could live happy and full lives after breast cancer. 

One of the themes in Bella’s story is a refusal to stay down when pushed into a corner.

Anger can be a very powerful tool for Jewish women.

Yet at the moment when her humanity was threatened the most, Basman Ben-Hayim turned to art.

Learning about Emma Lazarus' important work aiding Eastern European refugees fleeing from discrimination, violence, and pogroms inspired me to think more deeply about immigration: both its connection to my own life and to today’s world.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin, an influential Jewish chemist, made groundbreaking contributions to the discovery of DNA’s structure. Nevertheless, she was largely unrecognized during her lifetime.

I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity.

After that initial Zoom bat mitzvah, it became clear that my own celebration would look the same.

Aunt Barbara gave me the opportunity to forge my own Jewish identity, with the help of a simple, silver, Star of David.

I was dubbed “femenistit masricha,” a smelly feminist, on the first day of seventh grade. I kind of liked it. 

I hadn’t thought much at all about why I engaged with Judaism—or even why I was Jewish beyond having been born that way.

Feminism does not require that all women are the same and should react in the same manner to misogyny.

Religion and art are both about turning individual experiences into community ones.

Being Jewish, Chinese, and American has fed my aspiration to ensure that more non-traditional Jewish people feel comfortable with their identities.

As we progress and amend our traditions, we can take wisdom from past rulings to benefit the Feminist cause.

Purim’s festivities celebrate not only Jewish survival but also Jewish resistance.

I lead a life filled with Jewish meaning, and I shouldn’t have to untangle that from the other identities I hold.

In my family, necklaces are more meaningful than any other piece of jewelry.

I find myself thanking all the authors I have read, my family, my friends, and every other Brave Girl out there writing advocating, and proudly showing their Jewish feminist identity.

I couldn’t stop thinking about how my classmates spoke about the Holocaust no differently than if they were talking about the mythology of an ancient civilization.

Even if I didn't agree with counter-protesters, we both engaged in a fundamentally Jewish act: protest.

I realized that my faults with Judaism stemmed from men’s interpretations of how women should behave, not actual law.